Word: length
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...length of diaphanous cotton, larger than a stole, smaller than a shroud, there is the figure of a tiger, magisterial in its power, surreptitious in its impact. The cloth must be moved, draped just so and drawn at the proper angle to the light before the outline of the animal is even suggested. The effect is cunning, quixotic, magical, and knows no boundary in time. The cloth, in fact, dates only from the mid-20th century, but the tiger, fashioned from phantom stripes of fabric, was tie-dyed with supernal skill, millimeter by millimeter, by a craftsman whose techniques were...
...light. By the time the most powerful telescopes first catch a glimpse of a comet, the coma already obscures the nucleus beneath. For every revolution a typical comet makes around the sun, its diameter is estimated to shrink about 6 ft. Hence the original size of the comet, the length of its orbit and how close it gets to the sun will determine its life-span. Astronomers estimate that Halley's, which has a relatively short period, will probably last another 225,000 years, a mere wink of astronomical time...
...only drawback to this play is its length (two hours and 40 minutes). If Ronis had not remained as faithful to the script, briefer duel scenes and soliloquies would have resulted in a more tightly packaged play. Nevertheless, the superb acting, lighting and directing overall keep one from getting antsy while sitting on the thinly carpeted NoHo floor...
...author of "Margaret Would Not Wash My Underwear" characterizes his opus as a novel-length description of the year he spent in Kenya before coming to Harvard. The novel will provide "an all-encompassing description of my thoughts and experiences in Nakuru, Kenya," Orenstein says...
...most important thing an aspiring student novelist can do is sustain a piece of fiction of that length, "Leland says...